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This will include addressing the Ireland Canada Chambers of Commerce and a series of meetings with the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Tourism Ireland client companies and representatives. Mr Varadkar and Mr Trudeau met for the first time when the Canadian prime minister visited Ireland in July . Afterwards, Varadkar told reporters that the invitation to Donald Trump to visit Ireland still stands and that he intends to visit The White House on St Patrick's Day. (more...)

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in a statement issued in Srinagar said, "Kashmiri youth with freedom loving spirit have always remained on the radar of Indian agencies". "On Saturday evening, Gowhar didn't return home after he went out to buy ice cream". We searched in orchards, asked relatives. "It was of my son", Abdul Rahim Dar, father of the slain, said. (more...)

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 9 miles per hour. Northwestern Oklahoma may have trouble seeing the eclipse with more cloud cover and isolated showers and thunderstorms. There is still a slight possibility it could redevelop, but chances are unlikely. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Tomorrow will be even hotter for central and southern Oklahoma in the mid to upper 90s under partly cloudy skies. (more...)

Workers began pulling up to the statues around 11pm CT on Sunday night. A university spokesman says the area has been blocked off. Each of the statues are expected to be gone by morning. The Davis statue had always been a target of vandalism. "After considering the original task force report and with the events of the past week and my discussions with the campus community in mind, I have made a decision to relocate" the remaining statues, Fenves said. (more...)

The rest of the top five is basically what everyone and their brother was expecting. Truly, the only surprises for me were Oklahoma State being ranked lower than Oklahoma, Michigan not being top 10, Texas being ranked and also Tennessee cracking the top 25. (more...)

Trump's remarks were widely condemned, even by some Republicans . "Yes, that's right, Mitch McConnell had the moral courage to deny anonymous sources who said he had some moral courage", Oliver joked. Many called this week a turning point for Trump, but not Oliver. "As much as I would love to believe that, I really don't see it". "We've basically been s-ing in bags, leaving them all over the house and praying that they don't leak", he offered for a disgusting metaphor. (more...)

If the clouds break, we're expected to get about 80% of the eclipse, as totality will be much further south. Later Tuesday night into pre-dawn Wednesday most of the showers and storms will be located across southeastern OK moving away from northeastern OK. (more...)

Trump has alienated Republicans, corporate leaders and USA allies, rattled markets and prompted speculation about possible White House resignations with his comments since Saturday's violence in Charlottesville , Virginia, which came in the aftermath of a white nationalist protest against the removal of a Confederate statue. (more...)

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has said the possibility of a hard Brexit - which would mean the United Kingdom leaving the European Union with no ongoing trade deal and therefore defaulting to World Trade Organisation rules - would "not be a disaster", despite most businesses and politicians in Britain warning against it. (more...)

Purohit had on August 17 told the apex court that he had been caught in the "political crossfire" and languishing in jail for nine years. Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde, who served as Home Minister during the UPA government said, "It was a professional job done by the police". (more...)

On Monday, police released photos of Abouyaaqoub, who is thought to have plowed the van into crowds in Barcelona last Thursday. Also on Thursday, police fire at a auto that failed to stop at a roadblock in Barcelona . He also said 12 terror suspects linked to the Barcelona attack did not have previous records or intelligence files related to terrorism. Perez's body was found in the vehicle after Abouyaaqoub managed again to elude officers, police said. (more...)

Police are asking people to stay away from part of the Old Port area of the city. He is known to police for minor criminal offenses, none terrorism-related. About an hour later the same auto crashed into a second bus shelter in Valentine arrondissement, killing one person. Authorities are yet to comment on any motive for the attack. (more...)

Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville , Virginia last week in clashes between far-right and counter-protesters. Though out of public view, Trump sought to make his voice heard on Twitter as he found himself increasingly under siege and alone while fanning the controversy over race and politics toward a full-fledged national conflagration. (more...)

Cambridge University Press (CUP) said it had complied with the request "to ensure that other academic and educational materials we publish remain available to researchers and educators in this market". Writing on his blog in a personal capacity, he said: "My view is... that CUP's decision to accede to the demands is a misguided, if understandable, economic decision that does harm to the Press' reputation and integrity". (more...)

From 2011 until late a year ago, the former Soviet military leader was deputy defense minister. Antonov takes over from Sergei Kislyak , whose contacts with members of President Donald Trump's campaign team made him a central figure in the row over Russian influence over the USA presidential election. (more...)

Ross McCormack registered 53 league goals for Leeds United between 2010 and 2014. The deal has broken the Clarets transfer record, joining the club for a fee believed to be in the region of £15m. "We want players at Leeds who consider us a big club and we want players who are committed to our vision to return to the Premier League ". Now, you might be sat there thinking the last thing Burnley need to be breaking their transfer record for is a big, ugly, entirely unproven striker ... (more...)

Infosys and its larger rival, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, also face a U.S. administration that's cracking down on the work visas the companies need to serve key American clients. Sikka had set an ambitious 2020 revenue target of US$20 billion for Infosys. He was Infosys' first non-founder CEO, and quit citing personal attacks by the company's founders. (more...)

Officials say Judge Bruzzese has been life lighted to Pittsburgh. One suspect is dead while the other is in custody. The shooting occurred just minutes after 8 a.m. Dan Tierney, a spokesman in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the attorney general's office, would not confirm how many suspects were connected to the shooting that injured Bruzzese.The bureau is investigating the shooting. (more...)

The playmaker won two league titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups during his time at the Etihad where he was, for his first three seasons, a favourite. Antalyaspor has made its ambitions clear with a host of recognisable signings after finishing fifth in Turkey's top tier last term. Antalyaspor are captained by former Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o. (more...)

South Korea's new top military officer yesterday issued a stern warning to the North, saying it will face merciless retaliation for any attack, reported Yonhap . Last year, the North test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile two days after the start of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills, which was soon followed by a fifth nuclear test on the September 9 anniversary of the establishment of the government. (more...)